As feed stocks in the wheatbelt dwindle, WAFarmers is calling for financial assistance from the State Government to help farmers with transport between agistment properties.

The farm lobby group is encouraging livestock producers to sign up to an agistment register so members in need of feed can get in touch with those that have land and resources available.

President of the meat section of WAFarmers Jeff Murray says there are large areas of the wheatbelt which are seriously short of feed and water, particularly from the York-Northam area to Southern Cross.

"All areas are starting to struggle a bit after the last week or ten days of fine weather."

"One of the biggest single issues with agistment is the cost of freight on transport, for some of those areas it's $5 and $6 to shift livestock wherever you go as well as the feed required when they get there."

"It'd be a good call now to ask the Minister if he would be prepared to subsidise some freight for livestock and feed transport to get some of these sheep into areas where they can get good feed."

"Farmers are at their peak debt from now until harvest so it's certainly a tough time of the year to be paying money out for anything."

West Australia's Minister for Agriculture and Food Ken Baston provided the following in a statement.

"I commend growers on making strategic decisions to take the pressure off their pastures early in the season," he said.

"The Government has made a decision that it will not provide subsidies for transport between agistment properties."

Mr Murray reminds producers to be wary of biosecurity when moving stock from property to property.

To sign up for the agistment register, call WAFarmers on 08 9486 2100.